Archive for August, 2009
AI Digest: 8/19/09. Augmented Reality Without the Devices
AI, IA and the place where social tech meets the two. Today: augmented reality without devices; robots in the classroom; robots learn to cheat.
AI Digest: 8/18/09. Layar Launches.
Daily links on AI, IA, and the place where social tech meets the two. Today: Layar augmented reality platform for mobile phones; robot sex workers; robots that learn like humans.
AI Digest: 8/16/09. Are We Hard Wired to Tweet?
Daily links on AI, IA and the place where social tech meets the two. Today: how we are hard wired to Twitter; robots for the home; bionic lenses; technical advances in augmented reality.
AI Digest: 8/15/09. Robots for Autism.
Daily links on AI, IA and the place where social tech meets the two. Today: robots for autism; augmented reality app for art history; robots hit by the recession.
Augmented Reality Parody Video
“A cup of coffee, the newspaper… they’re not going anywhere. They’re just getting incredibly badass … until your newspaper crashes.”
Weekly Wrap. 8/10/09: My New Augmented Reality
The big discovery for me this week was the abundance of activity in the world of augmented reality (AR). My daily digest and Thursday beat were both designed to help me explore AI (artificial intelligence), IA (intelligence augmentation) and the place where social tech meets the two. Despite my issues with the AR label, I believe that the AR market, as we know it, is indeed the place where social tech meets AI and IA.
AI Digest: 8/14/09. Your Twitter Robot Wants to Hi-5 You.
Daily links on AI, IA and the place where social tech meets the two. Today: augmented reakity for the iPhone; tourism gets a boost from augmented reality; augmented reakity and ambient intelligence; robots and autonomy; robot that monitors your twitter feed.
The Future of “Augmented Reality”? Your *Body* as the Device
As a catchphrase, “augmented reality” doesn’t help us to see future applications of this technology. I would argue that “augmented reality” speaks to the device — which today is the mobile handset. But the technology — again, better described as “augmented intelligence” — speaks to the human being, and points to an inevitable market for applications where the device is more and more about the human body.
AI Digest: 8/13/09. More People Using Pills For an Edge
Daily links on AI, IA and where social tech meets the two. Today: more people using drugs for an edge; the costs of surgical robots; why the US military has embraced robotics.
Why the Holier than Thou Art Sleazier than Thou
The Situationist, like all good blogs, is a great resource and gateway to other relevant musings. Today, they posted a long excerpt from a great article by the Boston Globe’s Drake Bennett titled, “The Nature of Temptation.” Bennett asks why the standard bearers of morality so often fall prey to vice. It’s a refreshing take on an old subject.
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